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what a best friend does

a great friend is great to havea friend that you can call one of the best, even better
a friend who will accept you and love you is greata friend who will accept you and love you despite the fact that you are mostly obnoxious and selfish most of the time, even better
a friend who will hang out with youeven though you are not nearly cool enough to hang out with her
a friend who will teach you how to be a wifeexcept she does not have to tell you how to be a wifeshe just shows you by being a wife
a friend who will teach you how to be a motherexcept she does not have to tell you how to be a mothershe just shows you by being a mother
a friend who will walk with you through the excitement of pregnancyand then hold you when you lose that baby before you ever meet her and you can't stay put together
a friend who will walk with you again through the excitement of the next pregnancy and loan you cute maternity clothesand tell you you look beautiful pregnant when you feel fat and sweatyand take maternity photos of you so that you remember that your pregnant self was, in fact, beautiful
and be there to wait with your family when that baby is comingand take photos of those first few moments with that precious new lifeyou should sign up for a friend like thatwherever one signs up for friends
a friend who moves across the countrybut still stays close at heart
a friend who opens her home and cares for your baby when you can't be there
and a friend who does a secret baby photo shoot and surprises your on baby's first birthday with said photos

it was amazing to realize that moments of eden's life that i had missed were captured without me knowing and preserved for me forever. it was like a little bit of magic to open them up in the mail

eden was obviously enjoying her time with greta and her family

seriously people, get a friend like i've gotand you will be doing very very well

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